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Show HIGH PRICES PAID FORJUTAH TURKEY Participants in the Thanksgiving turkey pool, a co-operative ma-ket-1600 Utah poultrymen, and the Utah State Farm Bureau, received 3 6c per pound for their birds, the highest price ever paid by a turkey pool in I tah. The entire pool was marketed market-ed in Newark, New Jersey, and the receiving concern said it could have handled many more turkeys at the same price. At this figure the producer will receive between $3.50 and $4.00 for each bird, for the turkeys handled by the pool are said to be of unprecedented unpre-cedented quality and averaged approximately ap-proximately ten pounds each. A good portion of the turkeys came from the Uintah Basin and the 36c is the highest price ever received by the turkey raisers of that section. The association has managed pools for three years, reports a remarkable improvement In the way the farmers farm-ers handle the birds. Three years ago they did not even know how to dress a turkey. Now they are firm believers in the desirability of preparing pre-paring the birds for a critical trade. Every barrel of turkeys going out in the pool, carries a stenciled label telling that it comes from Utah, and every turkey has the name "Utah" stamped on the head wrapper. The plan was adopted to popularize Utah turkeys and to educate consumers to the point where they will realize Utah turkeys mean turkeys of top quality. We want to get them in the habit of buying Utah turkeys. The pool management expects to handle for the Christmas season a pool of approximately twice the size of that assembled for Thanksgiving and assembling of this movement will commence about December 7th. A price as favorable as that for Thanksgiving is expected. At Christmas, Christ-mas, buyers are more liberal in their offers, for turkeys not moved at jChristmas usually can be handled at New Years and if not then, can be frozen and stored for the spring market. At Thanksgiving, buyers seldom take more than the volume neede to Bupply the immediate de-mauds. |